Manifest Destiny (SSUSH 8B)

The war with Mexico BEGAN with

• California's rebellion
• a border dispute in Texas
• the Battle of Buena Vista
• a US invasion of Mexico City

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the name of the piece of land the U.S. gained after the Mexican-American War?

• Oregon Country
• Given Mexican Land
• Louisiana Purchase
• Mexican Cession

How did the U.S. acquire Oregon? 

• treaty with the British
• war with England
• purchased from the British
• war with Mexico

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Belief that it was God's plan that U.S. would control North America

• Manifest Destiny

• Manifest Determination

• Mandate of Heaven

• Imperialism

Name the piece of Land.

• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession 
• Louisiana Purchase 
• Florida Cession

What was the name of the treaty where Mexico ceded half of its land to the United States?

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Treaty of San Jacinto
• Treaty of Mesa Verde
• Treaty of Alama Gordo

Which of these would be the best title for the illustration above?

• Divine Nature
• Survival of the Fittest
• Universal Expansion
• Manifest Destiny

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The President who annexed Texas and started the Mexican American War was

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• James K. Polk

The United States won California and the New Mexico Territories as a result of the

• Mexican-American War

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

The Wilmot Proviso proposed

• prohibiting slavery in the Mexican Cession lands

• limiting the president to two terms

• making slavery legal in all states

• a treaty with Britain over Oregon